10/12/2023
I don’t seem agree with every single thing, or even much, that anybody says, and I disagree with some people a lot. But that one line by Donald Rumsfeld, while hamfisted and appalling, was also kind of pragmatic and even pretty … geez, almost wise if it were used in a (let’s say) less charged context. Which makes me wonder if Rumsfeld first heard it in a more appropriate context and tried, consciously or subconsciously, to appropriate it for his own purposes. That’s how I come by some of the brighter things I say, and most of the dumber things I say.
